Asus SABERTOOTH Z87

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	121% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 07:05
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 246 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 684 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 687 42% 687 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9295) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 79.9 54% 68.7 fps	MRender 59.1 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 75.4 52% 62.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6020 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 805 (B1) Unknown 99 99 34 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 118 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15845030822	121% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 484 Mixed 514 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 48.7 176% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 167 181% 302 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 145 11541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 735 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 735 (10) Unknown 3 197 56963309777 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 635 (C2) HDA temperature 111 107 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	98.7% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 157 Mixed 153 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 3.05 4K Mixed 0.27 128% 1.44 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 98%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 148 11408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 868 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 868 (10) Unknown 7 193 125422709181 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 759 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79% Very good	Read 139 Write 136 Mixed 132 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.76 4K Mixed 0.25 114% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 98%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 9GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 182 3833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 679 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5633 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 679 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 586 (C2) HDA temperature 114 107 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.9% Good	Read 98.1 Write 138 Mixed 87.3 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.39 118% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.8 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 52.6 76% 52.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 72%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 50%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z87 - $193

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	845x
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	173x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	169x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	124x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	106x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	84x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	62x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	56x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	53x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	40x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	39x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 18,444 samples	34x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $555

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16